nifty@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 10 months agoWhat’s in a name?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square145fedilinkarrow-up1712arrow-down114
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minus-squareTechNom (nobody)@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·10 months agoWhy no Ada or Janet? Or Haskell or Idris?
minus-squareTja@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 months agoAda is in fact named after a person, thus completing the circle.
minus-squareTechNom (nobody)@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-210 months agoSo are Haskell and Idris (well, if you consider a singing dragon as a person).
minus-squarelhamil64@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·10 months agoBoolean is named after George Boole so that is too, sort of
Why no Ada or Janet? Or Haskell or Idris?
Ada is in fact named after a person, thus completing the circle.
So are Haskell and Idris (well, if you consider a singing dragon as a person).
Boolean is named after George Boole so that is too, sort of